Lockett v. Director, State Department of Industrial Relations, Unemployment Compensation Agency

RICHARD L. HOLMES, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is an unemployment compensation case.

Sharon Lockett was employed as a nursing assistant at the Jefferson County Nursing Home (nursing home), which is located at Ketona. On July 18,1992, Lockett’s immediate supervisor, a licensed practical nurse, accused Lockett of striking a patient at the nursing home.

Thereafter, the State Board of Health placed Lockett’s name on an “abuse registry,” and Lockett was terminated from her employment with the nursing home.

Lockett applied for unemployment compensation benefits. An examiner for the State Department…